Hand corn-planter



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,HAND CORN PLANTBR.

(No Model.)

Patented May 15, 1883.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL M. MACOMBEB, OF GRAND ISLE, VERMONT.

lHAND CORN-PLANTER..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. `277,757, dated May 15, 1883.

l Application tiled December 10, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that' I, SAMUEL MEEKER MA- ooMBER, of Grand Isle, in the county ot' Grand Isle and State of Vermont, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Hand Ooru-Planters, of which the followin gis a full, clear, and exact description.`

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the iigures.

Figure l is a front elevation of my improvement, the seed-box and the spring-jaw being Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same, taken through the line a: ar, Fig-1. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of the same, taken through the broken line y y y y, Fig. 1. l Fig. 4 is a sectional plan View of the same, taken through the line z z z e, Fig. 1.

The object of this invention is to improve the construction ofthe hand corn-planters for which Letters Patent No.266,487 were granted to me October 24, 1882, in such a manner as to make them simpler in construction and more convenient and reliable in use.

A represents the front plate of the plan ter, at the forward side of which is placed the slide B. The upper part oi' the slide B is kept in place against the plate A by a stop, O, the head of which overlaps the forward side ot' the said slide B at the side edges of the slot D, formed'through the said slide B. The shank ofthe stop C passes throughthe slot l), andis provided with a screw, E, which passes through a hole in the upper end of the plate A, and has a nut, F, screwed upon its end, so that the said stop can be readily detached. The stop O is further secured in place by dowel-pins G,

formed upon its shank, and which enter holes in the said plate A, as shown in Fig. 2. The upper end ot' the slide B4 is forked, and is provided with a handle, H, for u'convenience in carrying and operating the planter. Thelower part of the slide B is kept in place against the plate A by the brackets I, attached to the said plate A, and which overlap the forward side of the slide B at its edges, as shown in Fig-s1 and 4.

In the inner side of the slide B is formed a recess, J, in the lower part of which is placed the gage K. The gage Kforms the lower side of the seeddropping recess S, and the said side is attached the lower end of the spring Q, the upper end of which is attached to the said slide B.

R is the seed-box, which is placed at the rear side of the plate A, with its side edges bent around the side edges of the said plate A, where they are secured in place by rivets or other suitable means.' In the plate A, within the seed-box B, is formed an opening, T, through which the seed passes into the recess J and the seed-dropping recess S. With this construction, as the slide B is raised the cutoff O moves upward through the seed, agitates the said seed, and causes it to pass freely into the recess S, so that the said recess S will always be full as the slide B again moves downward. WVith this construction, as the slide B moves downward, should a kernel of seed be caught between the cut-off O and the edge of the plate A at the bottom of the opening T, the spring Q allows the said cut-olf 0 to move outward, so that the said kernel can escape into the recess J above the said cut-oft'. As the slide B moves downward the seed in the recess S escapes into a recess, U, formed in the inner side ot' the plate A, from which it falls into the space between the jaws ofthe planter as the said slide again' moves upward, ready to drop into the ground when the said jaws are forced apart by the next downward movement ofthe slide.

Upon the lower part of the side edges ofthe plate A are formed ilanges V, which project forward, have their forward edges inclined, and have recesses W formed in the upper parts of the said edges to receive the ends of the cross-bar to which the'spring-jaw is attached, and which are secured in place by hammering down the edges ofthe flanges Vover the edges of the said cross-har.

spring-jaw are not shown in vthe drawings.

Upon the lower part ofthe plate A is formed a rearwardlyprojecting plate, X, to come in The cross-bar and the Y contact with the soil, and thus limit the depth to which the jaws of the planter enter the ground and cause the seed to be planted at a uni ornl depth. VVitll this construction, as vthe planter is raised from the ground and carried forward to the place for the next hill the slide B moves upward, bringing the seed-dropping recess S above the bottom ofthe opening T to receiveseed, and allowing the seed in therecess U to drop into the spa-ce between the jaws. As thejaws of the planter are forced down into the soil the slide B is forced downward, allowing the seed in the seed-receiving recess S to drop into the recess U, and forcing back the spring-jaw, so that the seed in the' space'between the jaws will drop into the ground. f

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pateut- The combination, with the plate A and slotted slide B, of the stop C, havingv dowels G entering said plate, a part:l overlapping the front side of the slide B, the screw E, passing through said plate, and the nut; F, as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with the slide B, having recess J, of the recessed plate U A, having dan ges V, recessed at W, and inclined oil-their forward edges, as and for the purpose specified. 3o

SAMUEL M. MAOOMBER.

Witnesses:

vSoLorI S. GRrsWoLD, SERENO G. MAOOMBER. 

